[ExI] LEGO Worked With NASA To Create Its Most Detailed Space Shuttle Discovery Set Yet

[Tristan Linck]

That pushes the deadline back a bit, but remember the conclusion to Cities
in Flight! (At the risk of spoiling a 60+ year old book, the last book has
an appropriate title."

As an aside, it is gratifying to see that reference come up. The handle I
have been using online for 20+ years came from that text. I did come across
a "spindizzy" once upon a time and inquired about the name, but he had no
idea what I was talking about and at turned out to be a DJ thing. But I
digress! It really is a fascinating tetralogy, even if Blish's
prognostication on the future of anti-Communism is stronger than his
command of Greek etymology!


On Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 20:50 William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> In a few billion years we'll likely be able to move the moon.  Remember
> 'spindizzy'?  (Cities in Flight - Blish)  bill w
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:55 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> > permanent U.S./allies Moonbase
>>
>> When the sun turns into a red giant in a few billion years and scoops up
>> the Earth - and the Moon with it - won't that likely cause survivability
>> issues for a base on the Moon?  :P
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:30 AM John Grigg via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I can't get over that Hubble was deployed back in 1991, and that the
>>> space shuttles are now ancient history. But with a resurgent China now
>>> committed to a very active space program, the rivalry created by it should
>>> get NASA and American private enterprise moving forward out of a desire to
>>> not be left behind... I hope to see within my lifetime a permanent
>>> U.S./allies Moonbase, and a manned mission to Mars. I suppose there will be
>>> two big manned missions to Mars, one by China, and the other by the U.S.
>>> and her allies.
>>>
>>> "Over three decades ago, NASA's STS-31 mission saw the Space Shuttle
>>> Discovery launch and bring with it the iconic Hubble Space Telescope. The
>>> Hubble is still orbiting the Earth today, and it continues to beam back
>>> images of our universe to help us understand more about the cosmos. To
>>> celebrate all of the time the telescope has spent among the stars, LEGO
>>> <https://rstyle.me/+NUIRbcZx3Y8jw9fe4ZKInw> has developed a new Space
>>> Shuttle Discovery set
>>> <https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2021/march/lego-nasa-discovery-space-shuttle>
>>> in collaboration with NASA."
>>>
>>> https://mymodernmet.com/lego-space-shuttle-discovery/
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